Yao Ming Quotes

I'm getting fat ... because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn't show very much ... I'm thinking about going back to work out in a very short time.

I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.

Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.

Westerners respect privacy, and they are very competitive in terms of work and personalities. My teammates in China and I can talk about everything. But with my Houston Rockets teammates, even though we're friends, we cannot ask each other about everything.

When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.

My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.

Moving to the US was quite a transition for me, to say the least! There were, and still are so many new things to get used to: the language, food, culture, even the style of basketball is different here!

There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'

The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.

I only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.

Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.

Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end?

I don't really have anything to say. Basketball is not a game that you can play with your mouth. It needs action to prove yourself.

Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys.

I understand basketball is not my entire life. It's only a part of my life. And there are a lot of other things that interest me a great deal ... other goals to seek, and this is how I have balance in life.

All of the Chinese people, the Asian people say, "Oh Yao Ming, you are all the Chinese, all of Asia's hopes." That's a lot of pressure. I'm just a basketball player.

A good leader must be fair.

One is taller. The other is shorter.

Is there a choice in life? It's always been like this. I am jealous that you have a lot of leisure and free time. You are jealous that I have a lot money.

I think I'll stick to what I'm used to, my principles, and that is team Number 1 and individual Number 2.

If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.

Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.

No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.

I feel that the All-Star game is more like a party because its made up of a lot of elements. However the core of All-Star is still the 48 minute-game and all the fans will pay all attention to the showcase of the players excellent skills. The result of the game is not much of a concern.

I am a basketball player, and I would like to focus my energy on basketball. The other things, I would rather not do. It is not something I am greatly interested in, but I know it is my responsibility.

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

To miss one year is a long time. I've never been in this situation before, and I'm getting as much information as I can about my foot, to see what's the best for me and best for the Rockets.